Well-curb



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J; NEW.

WELL CURB.

No. 427,267. Patented May 6, 1890.-

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V tive view showing the device folded.

JOHN NEV, OF HOl/VARD, KANSAS.

PATENT FFICE.

WELL-CURB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,267, dated May 6, 1890. Application fil November 22, 1889. $erial Nu.-831,l6'7. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN NEW, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Howard, in the county of Elk and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful WVell-Ourb, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curbs or casings for wells; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which, when not in actual use, may be folded, so as to protect the winding or bucket-hoistin g mechanism from injury or from meddling by stock or by unauthorized persons.

The invention consists in a casing having a folding top containing a Windlass, which, when not in use, may be folded within the casing and protected by a door hinged to the same.

The invention further consists in certain improvements in the bucket-hoisting mechanism and in certain details of construction, which will be hereinafter fully described, an d particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device .in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a perspec- Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view showing the device in position for operation with the bucket lowered. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the bucket raised and in the act of being emptied. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the windlass or winding mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the hoisting and brake mechanism. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail View of the bucket used in connection'with my invention.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

1 designates a rectangular casin g which forms the well curbing or covering, and the front side of which is formed by a hinged door 2. To the upper edge of the rear side 3 of the casing 1 is hinged a rectangular top casing 4, which, when not in use, may be folded down between the sides of the casing 1, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings The folding top casing 4 has a hinged top piece or cover 5, through which access may be had to the interior when desired.

7 hen the hinged top casing 4 is raised to an operative position, its front edge is supported upon the door 2, the upper edge of which extends under the front edge of said top casing, so as to support the latter in a raised position. The front and rear sides of the top casing 4 are provided with bearings for a shaft 6, carrying a drum or Windlass '7, upon which the hoisting-rope 8 is wound.

The front end of the shaft 6 is provided with a hand-wheel 9, mounted loosely thereon, and having, a crank or handle 10, which is attached to said wheel by a pivotal pin or bolt 61. The shaft 6 is provided in front of the hand-wheel 9 Wll3l1' t square portion or boss 11, and the pivoted crank or handle bar 10 is provided at its inner end with a'square recess 62 to engage the boss 11, and thereby lock the wheel upon the shaft. vA suitablyarranged spring 63 serves to normally hold the square recessed portion of the handle-bar 10 in engagement with the boss 11. To the rear side of the hand-wheel 9 is pivotally attached a brake-bar 12, having a segmental recess 13, adapted to engage a brake-disk 64, mounted upon the shaft in rear of the handwheel. The brake-bar 12 is held out of engagement with the disk 64 by the action of a spring 14, which is coiled between a bracket 15 and .the said brake-bar, and the latter is provided with a thumb-piece or handle 16, by means of which the brake-bar 12 may be thrown into engagement with the disk 64.

It will be seen that when the handle-bar is disengaged from the boss 11 the shaft 6, carrying the winding-drum, may rotate independently of the crank or handle. This is for the purpose of enabling the bucket which is attached to the hoisting-rope to be readily lowered at any time without the necessity of operating the winding-crank. The descent of the bucket may be regulated by the pressure of the brakebar 12 against the disk 64. In operating this device the operator forces the handle-bar 10 and brake-bar 16 simultaneously in opposite directions against the tension of the respective springs. The wheel .is thus held from revolving by holding the handle which is attached thereto, and the speed at which the shaft shall be permitted to revolve may be controlled by the brake.

A pawl 17 is attached to the front side of the top casing 4, and is adapted to engage the brake-bar of the hand-wheel for the purpose of throwing it into engagement with the brake-disk, and thus preventing the hand- Wheel from being rotated in a reverse direction. It will thus be seen that the bucket may be supported at any elevation to which it may be hoisted.

One of the sides of the curb or casing 1 is provided with a discharge-opening 18, at the upper edge of which is hinged a door 19, opening outwardly. To the inside of the casing, at or below theloweredge of the discharge opening 18, are hinged a pair of suitably-shaped arms 20, between which the discharge-spout 21 is secured. At the rear end of the discharge-spout are hinged the arms 22 of a bail, the cross-bar of which 23 is mounted pivotally between'the outer ends of said arms, and is provided with a perforation 24: for the passage of the hoisting-rope 8, to the lower end of which the bucket 25 is attached. Normally the discharge-spout is in a lowered position, as will be seen in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The rear edge of the spout then rests against the side of the casing. When the bucket is hoisted, it will strike against the pivoted cross-bar 23 of the bail, the arms of which are attached pivotally to the rear end of the spout. The latter will thus be hoisted or elevated until its nose or front end strikes against the door 19 and pushes the latter open, thus causing the nose of the spout to protrude through the discharge-opening 18,-

below which a bucket or other vessel may have been placed to receive the water from the well.

The bucket which is used in connection with my invention consists of the body 26, the bottom of which is provided with an opening 27, in which slides a tubular stem 28, the upper end of which is provided witha flange or head 29. To the top of the stem 28, or upon the upper side of the head of said stem, is secured a valve 30, opening upwardly. The lower end of the stem 28 has a ring or flange 31 suitably secured thereto for the purpose of preventing it from being displaced, and the said tubular stem 28 is provided a short distance below the head 29 with a transverse opening 32, which is normally closed by the walls of the perforation in the bottom of the bucket through which the said tubular stem slides. The operation of this bucket in connection with my invention will be readily understood. The weight of the tubular stem 28, the ring or flange of which 31 is constructed of heavy material, normally keeps the said stem in a lowered position, thus keeping the opening 32 closed. When the bucket reaches the bottom of the well, the water will enter through the upwardly-openin g valve 30, and any sand and gravel which may enter with the water will settle in the bottom of the bucket in the space surrounding the upper end of the tubular stem, and therefore will not interfere with the closing of the valve 30, which if obstructed would cause the water to leak out when the bucket is hoisted. When the bucket is elevated to the top of the well, it strikes against the pivoted bail of the discharge-spout, as already described, thus raising the said spout to a forwardly-inclined position, with its nose projecting through the discharge-opening 18. By slightly slackening the rope the bottom of the bucket will now be caused to rest upon the spout and the tubular stem 28 be forced in an upward direction, thereby causing the contents of the bucket to be discharged through the perforation 32 of the tubular stem, which latter is raised to a point at which the said opening 32 is above the bottom of the bucket.

In order to lower the bucket into the well, it is only necessary to manipulate the brakebar 12 by means of the thumb-piece 16, so as to disengage it from'the shaft 6, carrying the winding-drum, which will now be rotated by the weight of the bucket until the latter again reaches the bottom of the well. When the bucket is lowered, the dischargespout by its own weight is restored to its normal or lowered position.

The advantages of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed.

The construction of the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive, and when the device is folded or closed, as'shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, complete protection is afforded both to the well and to the buckethoisting mechanism, which cannot be meddled with by children or by stock.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the supporting casing having the hinged front door, of the upper casing hinged to and adapted to fold within the said supporting-casing and'to rest when in a raised position upon the upper edge of the front door of said supporting frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the folding casing, the Windlass-shaft journaled in the latter, a handwheel mounted loosely upon said shaft, a boss or squared portion formed upon the latter, a crank or handle mounted pivotally upon the hand-wheel and having a recess engaging the said boss, a brake-bar mounted pivotally upon the rear side of the hand-wheel, abrakedisk mounted upon the shaft and adapted to be engaged by the said brakebar, and a spring arranged to hold the latter normally out of engagement with the said brake-disk, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the folding casing, of the Windlass shaft, a hand-wheel mounted loosely upon the latter, clutch mechanism for connecting the hand-wheel with the said shaft, a brake-bar mountedpivotally upon the said hand-wheel, a brake-disk mounted securely upon the said shaft and adapted to be engaged by the said brake-bar, a spring IIC ' hand-wheel mounted loosely thereon, a han-' arranged to hold the latter normally out of engagement with the brake-disk, and a pawl attached pivotally to the casing and adapted to engage the brake-bar and to throw the latter into engagement With the brake-disk, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the Windlass-shaft, a

die-bar mounted pivotally upon said hand- Wheel and having a recess at its inner end adapted to engage a squared portion upon the said shaft, a spring to hold the handlebar in engagement with a shaft, a brake-bar mounted pivotally upon the hand-wheel and adapted to engage a brake-disk upon the shaft, andspring to hold the brake-bar normally out of engagement, all constructed and operated substantially as set forth.

5. The herein-described Well-bucket, c011- sisting of a vessel having a perforated bottom, a tubular stem sliding verticallyin said perforated bottom and having a transverse perforation and a head or flange at its upper end, and an upwardly-openin g valve mounted upon the said head, the lower end of said tubular stem being provided with a Weighted ring or flange, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the supporting-casing 'having the hinged front door, the discharge-opening, and an outwardly-opening door hinged above the latter, the arms or brackets hinged below the discharge-opening and carrying the discharge-spout, a bail pivoted to the rear end of the latter and having a perforated cross-bar for the passage of the hoisting-rope, the folding casing hinged to the upper edge of the supporting-casing and adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the front door of the latter, the Windlass-shaft journaled in said folding casing, the handwheel connected separably to said shaft, the brake mechanism, the hoisting-rope, and the bucket having the vertically-sliding tubular stem provided With atransverse opening and with an upwardly-opening valve at its upper end, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN NElV.

Witnesses:

D. L. HAMAR, J. WV. HAMAR. 

